Randy Cohen

Randy Phillip Cohen (Flipper)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.
• School Los Angeles City College

• Born September 15, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Randy Cohen spent five years in the minors, with a 41-45 record.

He debuted in 1968 with two teams. He was 1-3 with a 2.77 ERA and 55 K in 52 IP for the Miami Marlins, walking 39 and allowing 39 hits. With the Stockton Ports, he went 6-8 with a 4.00 ERA and 97 K in 99 IP.

He was listed on the 1969spring training roster of the Baltimore Orioles, but never pitched in the majors. He spent 1969-1971 with the Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs. The first year, he made the Texas League All-Star team despite leading the league with 84 walks in 169 IP; he was 10-7 with a 3.62 ERA and struck out 114. Randy fell to 8-13 in 1970 with a 4.29 ERA but led the TL in strikeouts (151 in 170 IP). He also allowed the most earned runs in the league, 81. He had his best year with the club in 1971, going 9-8 with a 3.17 ERA, but it was his only year not leading the league in a key category or garnering a major honor.

The Phoenix Giants took Cohen in the minor league part of the 1971 Rule V Draft. He pitched 17 games for the Amarillo Giants before being released. Stan Wasiak then signed him for the El Paso Dodgers, for whom he pitched six games. Overall, he was 7-6 with a 3.41 ERA in the TL that year and would have tied Al Hrabosky for 10th in the league in ERA had he qualified. He struck out 111 while walking 32 in 124 IP.

Sources include 1969-1973 Baseball Guides, The Big Book of Jewish Baseball by Peter Horvitz and Joachim Horvitz, Paper of Record's The Sporting News archive